How should Howard Schnellenberger be honored at new stadium?

He had this to say on what is happening in Miami: “I am sad and disheartened and hurt that this stuff continues to come out. I am not going to throw rocks at anyone down there because I love the place so much.”

He also gave his usual spiel on what a stadium means for a university. “If you have been to Louisville, you will see what I am talking about. What it has meant to the university and city is monumental.”

SINCE THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE STADIUM…

Which brings me to this: What monumental thing will, or should, FAU do to honor Howard Schnellenberger, considering that the stadium is essentially The House That Howard Built?

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One obvious thing is “Howard Schnellenberger Field.” Naming rights for the field is currently listed at $5 million, but you would think FAU would forego that to honor its coach.

He has a whole fieldhouse named for him at Louisville, where he spent 10 seasons and he was not there when the stadium was built, though he had a big hand in it.

This is his 11th season as coach at FAU, and he spent two years before that creating the program from scratch. Just drive by that stadium and I think you would agree forgoing $5 mill is not a big deal.

Someone suggested a statue in the stadium that players would touch as they walked by, a new tradition.